Newspapers

Commentary

What we really lose when we lose the sports pages

US skier Lindsey Vonn crashing during the women’s downhill race at the Winter Olympics on Feb 8. Sport can feel like an escape into an unreal world whose struggles are dramatic even if they rarely involve life and death, says the writer.

Extra! Extra! News from N. Korea now more freely available but are S. Koreans reading it?

Mr An Kwang-hwek, a doctoral researcher at Konkuk University, reading the Rodong Sinmun (front), North Korea’s top newspaper, at the National Library of Korea in Seoul. He told The Straits Times North Korea's coverage related to South Korea has been reduced mainly to event-focused reporting.

China releases policy paper on national security in Hong Kong after Jimmy Lai sentencing

A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building following sentencing in his national security collusion trial, in Hong Kong, China, February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis out after sweeping job cuts

Mr Will Lewis was appointed as CEO of The Washington Post in 2023.

Bezos-led Washington Post announces ‘painful’ job cuts; NYT says 300 journalists have been let go

The Washington Post will see “substantial” reductions in its newsroom, executive editor Matt Murray said.

Washington Post sports department was among last of its kind

The Post is laying off or reassigning all the reporters and editors in its sports section, days before the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy.

US news outlet Washington Post begins layoff, gutting sports and foreign coverage, says source

The layoff comes days after the more than 145-year-old newspaper scaled back its coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics amid mounting financial losses.

New York Times added 1.4m digital subscribers in 2025

The New York Times expects subscription revenue growth to be between 9 per cent and 11 per cent.

Pro-Beijing newspaper blasts Panama’s ruling against CK Hutchison’s ports concession

A cargo ship carrying containers from the Danish company Maersk sails in front of the port of Balboa in Panama City on Jan 30, 2026.

‘I am a knight’: Paris’ last newspaper hawker gets top French award

French President Emmanuel Macron praised Pakistan-born newspaper hawker Ali Akbar Akbar, 73, as an example of integration which “makes our country stronger and prouder”.

E-paper

Newsletters

Podcasts

RSS Feed

About Us

Terms & Conditions

Privacy Policy

Need help? Reach us here.

Advertise with us

MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.